Summary
About 60 years ago a Welsh miner used a wartime documentary to lay out his vision for a brighter future. As it is released for the first time on DVD, Molly Watson talks to his grandson about the intervening years and the changes they brought
IN 1946 epic film maker Humphrey Jennings produced a documentary about life in Britain in the closing months of the war.See the full content of this document
Extract
What Happened to Wales?
The film was put together in the form of a diary for a baby named Timothy, born in September 1944, as confidence in an Allied victory was taking root.
Narrated by Michael Redgrave and written by EM Forster, A Diary for Timothy captured the glimmers of hope that appeared with the prospect of peace following years of bombs and blackouts.It told of the closing months of the war and of four men, a farmer, a train driver, a pilot and a Welsh miner na...See the full content of this document
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